Delima with my rack system

I currently have a rack on my old truck that I've fallen in love with. I do all kinds of wood work & it holds what ever amount of wood I can put on it. It makes it easy to get in/out of the bed in a flash. I know it will fit on a Taco. The delema I have is that I had to drill into my Ranger to secure it & I don't want to do that to my '17 Taco. I've been searching for a rack system that it comparable that uses the T-track system on the bed walls. The only two I've found is the Leitner & the Wilco. I'm not sure the Leitner will work the same & the Wilco is cool but way too expensive. I already own the current rack & I just customized it to fit my two kayaks. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to use the T-track system with out haveing to fabricate new brackets. I don't have the means to weld any together.

 

Are you trying to use the rack you had on the Ranger, or buy a completely new solution?

 

You are just going to have to find a welder and fork out a few $$. This is how I made mine

 

I want to use the one I have because it does the trick & it's already paid for.

 

I saw your truck in Southlake this morning. Small world.

 

Lot of welders in the dfw area. Lone wolf offroad may. May be able to help you out.

 

Why not drill? At least you don't have to worry about rust drilling your Tacoma.

 

You could just buy 2 pieces of large long angle. Place them over the rails. Mount one side to the T track system and the other to the rack frame. No welding just drilling holes in the angleiron and buying those T track mount brackets along with angleiron and bolts.
The extra weight and cost would make me want to find a local welder though.

 

This post makes me miss my 2003 ranger. 165k miles when I sold it for $6k. Never in the shop once in the last 60k miles that I owned it.

 

I figured this dilemma out. It’s looking good so far. I love this Yoda.